As Right Now

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You're still the lady of my dreams
You're still my high school beauty queen
To me it's still magic when we touch
And I have never loved you so much
As right now
As right now
You're still my actress on the screen
Still the leading lady in my scenes
To me it's still magic when we touch
And I've still never loved someone so much
As right now
As right now
As right now
You're still the one I'm with when I'm alone
And you're still the lover calling on my phone
To me it's still magic when we touch
And I will never love someone so much
As right now
As right now
As right now
As right now
As right now
As right now
As right now...

I have dreamed that your arms are lovely
And I have dreamed what a joy you'll be
I have dreamed ev'ry word you'll whisper
When you're close, close to me
How you look in the glow of evening
I have dreamed and enjoyed the view
In these dreams I've loved you so
That by now I think I know
What it's like to be loved by you
I will love being loved by you
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In these dreams I've loved you so
That by now I think I know
What it's like to be loved by you
I will love being loved by you

I yearn to touch you in the morning
I yearn to touch you late at night
I can start the fire, but I can't control the flame
The love in your hand not other hand could do the same
I could build a building straight up to the sky
But you can take me higher, here's the reason why
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I could never touch you
I could never touch you like you do
I could never touch you
No matter how much I really wanted to
I could never touch you
Like you do
I could never touch you
I could never touch you like you do
The overflow of love keeps flowing
More than any man could ever want
I can swim forever in your garden lake
The magic in your hand, it takes your magic for the dam to break
And I would crawl across burning desert sand
Just to have the voodoo that's in your hand
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And when the morning comes
I can feel your heart beat next to mine
Girl you show me all I need to see
You take me where I want to be
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Well it bent and it bent til it finally broke
And you meant and you meant every word that you spoke
You were cruel you were cruel but as I understand
I must travel through hell for the touch of your hand
Well I lied and I lied til the truth had grown free
And you tried and you tried to get the better of me
And did it hurt did it hurt when the life that you'd planned
Crumbled and fell for the touch of my hand?
I will love you like you no other
And I will love you for my own
And I will never take another
We will never be alone
I will swallow I will swallow there is in my pride
And I will follow I will follow just to be by your side
And if still you don't love me you've tried but you can't
I'll have done all I could for the touch of your hand
So tomorrow tomorrow the dawn as it breaks
I have begged stole and borrowed each wondrous mistake
And I will swear on my life as I take a stand
I am guilty as sin for the touch of your hand
I will love you like you no other
And I will love you for my own
If you ever take another
We will both wake up alone
I have loved you I have loved you for all that I'm worth
I have done all I could to move heaven and earth
Just to be there beside you wherever you stand
For the grace of your love and the touch of your hand
For the grace of your love and the touch of your hand

This magic moment, so different and so new,
Like any other until I kissed you.
And then it happened, it took me by surprise
I know you felt it, too, by the look in your eyes.
Sweeter than wine, softer than a summer night,
Everything I wanna have is when I pull you tight.
This magic moment, your ear close, close to mine
Will last forever, forever, till the end of the time.
Magic, magic, magic, magic.
Sweeter than wine, softer than a summer night,
Everything I wanna have is when I pull you tight.
This magic moment while your lips are close to mine
Will last forever, forever till the end of the time.
Magic, magic, magic, magic.
Magic, magic, magic, magic.
If you cry, my heart will break
Darling, that you moving I can take.
And if I saw a tear fall from your eye
Darling, don’t you know that I would die?
True love, true love, true love, true love.
If you cry, I don’t know what I’d do
Darling, I am so in love with you.
And if I heard that I had caused you pain
My tears will pour like the rain.
True love, true love, true love, true love.

Vietnam Vet with a cardboard sign
Sitting there by the left turn line
Flag on the wheelchair flapping in the breeze
One leg missing, both hands free
No one's paying much mind to him
The V.A. budget's stretched so thin
And there's more comin' home from the Mideast war
We can't make it here anymore
That big ol' building was the textile mill
It fed our kids and it paid our bills
But they turned us out and they closed the doors
We can't make it here anymore
See all those pallets piled up on the loading dock
They're just gonna set there till they rot
'Cause there's nothing to ship, nothing to pack
Just busted concrete and rusted tracks
Empty storefronts around the square
There's a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere
You don't come down here 'less you're looking to score
We can't make it here anymore
The bar's still open but man it's slow
The tip jar's light and the register's low
The bartender don't have much to say
The regular crowd gets thinner each day
Some have maxed out all their credit cards
Some are working two jobs and living in cars
Minimum wage won't pay for a roof, won't pay for a drink
If you gotta have proof just try it yourself Mr. CEO
See how far 5.15 an hour will go
Take a part time job at one of your stores
Bet you can't make it here anymore
High school girl with a bourgeois dream
Just like the pictures in the magazine
She found on the floor of the laundromat
A woman with kids can forget all that
If she comes up pregnant what'll she do
Forget the career, forget about school
Can she live on faith? live on hope?
High on Jesus or hooked on dope
When it's way too late to just say no
You can't make it here anymore
Now I'm stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store
Just like the ones we made before
'Cept this one came from Singapore
I guess we can't make it here anymore
Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin
Or the shape of their eyes or the shape I'm in
Should I hate 'em for having our jobs today
No I hate the men sent the jobs away
I can see them all now, they haunt my dreams
All lily white and squeaky clean
They've never known want, they'll never know need
Their shit don't stink and their kids won't bleed
Their kids won't bleed in the damn little war
And we can't make it here anymore
Will work for food
Will die for oil
Will kill for power and to us the spoils
The billionaires get to pay less tax
The working poor get to fall through the cracks
Let 'em eat jellybeans let 'em eat cake
Let 'em eat shit, whatever it takes
They can join the Air Force, or join the Corps
If they can't make it here anymore
And that's how it is
That's what we got
If the president wants to admit it or not
You can read it in the paper
Read it on the wall
Hear it on the wind
If you're listening at all
Get out of that limo
Look us in the eye
Call us on the cell phone
Tell us all why
In Dayton, Ohio
Or Portland, Maine
Or a cotton gin out on the great high plains
That's done closed down along with the school
And the hospital and the swimming pool
Dust devils dance in the noonday heat
There's rats in the alley
And trash in the street
Gang graffiti on a boxcar door
We can't make it here anymore